Badge



Oct. 12 1926. 1,602,672

P; O. HOAG BADGE Filed July 23, 1 925 wa f I/vrslvrok Jhr sss .BY v I TT R/vgvs Patented Oct. 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

PHILIP O. HOAG, OF'NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BADGE.

Application fil ed July 23, 1925. Serial 110.45.600.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in badges, and more its securing means,and the pin has had a tendency to wabble and be unstable, and for that reason it is diflicult to attach it to the clothing.

Further, heretofore the cost of manufacture has been relatively great and the resultant product somewhat unsatisfactory because of the appearance of the attachment and the stitching and the limitation as to embossing.

The-main object of this invention is to produce abadge that is economical in con struction and cost of manufacture, omitting stitching and gluing, and permitting embossing of the entire front of the ribbon, if desired, and in which the pin is stable and the ribbon effectively secured thereto, and in which the attachment is not visible while the badge is being worn.

Other objects and advantages relate to the details of the structure, all as will more fully appear from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the attachment from the front.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the attachment from the back.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3, Figure 1, illustrating a ribbon in place.

Figure 4 is a section on line 44, Figure 1, illustrating a ribbon in place.

Figure 5 is a section on line 55, Figure 3.

The structure as shown comprises a base plate 1 which is slightly concave longitudinally, and has its opposite edges 2 and 3 curled or bent inwardly and its central portion provided with in this instance an in tegral lug 4 drawn or struck up from the plate. The cooperating back plate 5 is also slightly concave longitudinally, or has its opposite edges 6 and 7 curled or bent inwardly so that the back plate 5 is of slightly less width than the base plate 1, and its edges 6 and 7 register with the inner faces of the edges 2 and 3 respectively, and are adapted to clamp firmly between them an article, such as the ribbon 8.

The backing plate 5 is formed with a centrally disposed backing slot of a size adapted to receive the-lug 4 and with additional slots 9 and 10 upon opposite sides of the central slot for a purpose about to be described. The pin 11-may as shown, 'be

formed of a single piece of wire, and is threaded through the openings or slots 9 and 10 in the back plate 5 with the coil 6 adjacent or inthe slot 9 and the loop 12 adjacent the slot 10.

The intermediate portion 13 of the pin is crimped or bent transversely and positioned against the inner surface of the back plate 5 and in the space between the back plate and the base plate with the loop 10 extending rearwardly from the back plate 5.

The structure is assembled in a very simple and expeditious manner, as follows, and utilizes a double ribbon with both ends of the ribbon secured to the attachment. As illustrated, each end of the ribbon 8 has a hole pierced through it in the center ofthe ribbon. In assembling the structure, the hole in the rear flap 14 of the ribbon is put over the lug'4, the front flap is then drawn across the front face of the base plate 1 and turned downwardly across the rear face of the base plate and the jopeningin thatend of the ribbon is placedover the lug 4. The pin is assembled with the backplate 5 and the back plate 5 is pressed with its edges in contact with the ribbon 8 where the ribbon passes bythe inner sideof the flanges 2 and 3, the lug 4 passing through the center slot and the backing plate 5, and the end of the lug 4 is then bent over, as best illustrated in Figures 2 and 4 by any suitable means to firmly secure the parts together.

The laterally crimped portion of the pin 11 is firmly held against the rear surface of the back plate 5 and prevents wabbling of the pin. The attachment is invisible when the badge is in use, and the badge presents a continuous unbroken front surface well adapted for embossing or the like.

Altho I have shown and described a specific structure as illustrative of a perhaps preferred embodiment of this invention, I do not desire to restrict myself to the details of the same, as various changes may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a structure of the class described, a

concave base plate and a concave backing plate, one of said plates being of less width than the other, and one of said plates being provided with a lug and the other plate being provided wit-h a slot through which said lug extends, and a ribbon having one end secured to said lug and a portion extending between two adjacent edges of said plates and downwardly across the front of the base plate.

2. In a structure of the class described, a concave base plate and a concave backing plate, one of said plates beingof less width than the other, and one of said plates be ng provided with a lug and the other plate being provided with a slot through which said lug extends, and a ribbon having one end secured to said lug and a portion extending between two adjacent edges f said plates and downwardly across the front of the base plate, and looped back and having its other end extending between the other adacent edges of said plates and secured to said lug.

3. In a structure of the class described. a concave base plate and a concave backing plate, one of said plates being of less width than the other, and one of said plates being provided with a lug and the other plate beprovided with a slot through which said his; extends, said backing plate having an additional slot, a pin threaded through said slot, a ribbon having one end secured to said lug, and a portion extending between two adjacent edges of said plates and downwardly across the front of the base plate.

i. In a structure of the class described, a concave base plate and a concave backing plate, one of said plates being of less width than the other, and one of said plates being provided with a lug and the other plate be ing provided with a slot through which said lug extends, said backing plate having an additional slot, a pin threaded through said slot, a ribbon having one end secured to said lug, and a portion extending between two adjacent edges of said plates and downwardly across the front of the base plate, and looped back and having its other end extending between the other two adjacent edges of said plate and secured to said lug.

5. In a structure of the class described, a base plate and a backing plate, one of said plates being provided with a hug and the other plate being provided with a slot through which said lug extends, and a ribbon having one end secured to said lug, and a portion extending between two adjacent edges of said plates, and across the front of the base plate.

6. In a structure of the class described, a base plate and a backing plate, one of said plates being provided with a lug and the other plate being provided with a slot through which said lug extends, a ribbon having' one end secured to said lug, a portion extending between two adjacent edges of said plates and across the front of the base plate, and looped back around the base plate and having its other end extending between the other adj accnt edges of said plates and secured to said plug.

7. In a structure of the class described, a base plate and a backing plate, one of said plates being provided with a lug; and the other plate being provided with a slot through which said lug extends, and said backing plate having an additional slot, a pin threaded through said slot and a ribbon having one end secured to said lug and a portion extending between two adjacent edges of said plates and across the front of the base plate.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of July, 1925.

PHILIP O. HOAG. 

